Added templates and some notes

README.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Warning: http.ServeFile() does not automatically sanitize the file path. If you
 
 ## Databases
 
-The Let's-go book calls for MySQL. We use [go-sqlite3](ggithub.com/mattn/go-sqlite3) and [go-migrate]() tool to manage migrations instead. Use `make check-system-deps` to validate all tools for this repository are installed.
+The Let's-go book calls for MySQL. We use [go-sqlite3](https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3) and [go-migrate]() tool to manage migrations instead. Use `make check-system-deps` to validate all tools for this repository are installed.
 
 Packages to consider adopting include sqlx or https://github.com/blockloop/scan. Both have the potential to reduce the verbosity that comes will using the standard database/sql package.
 
@@ -115,4 +115,50 @@ To remove the package you can use `go mod tidy` if all references have been remo
 
 ```
 go get github.com/foo/bar@none
-```
+```
+
+## Templates
+
+The [official template docs](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template#hdr-Functions) can be confusing to sort out. If you are new to templates check this out first: https://www.evandemond.com/kb/go-templates
+
+- Always use `html/templates` because it escapes characters, preventing XSS attacks.
+- With Nested templates you must explicitly pass or pipeline your template data. This occurs in `{{template}}` or `{{block}}` and appears like `{{template "main" .}}` or `{{block "sidebar" .}}{{end}}`
+- If the type that you’re yielding between `{{ }}` tags has methods defined against it, you can call these methods (so long as they are exported and they return only a single value — or a single value and an error). Example `.Snippet.Created` struct field has the underlying type `time.Time` so `<span>{{.Snippet.Created.Weekday}}</span>`. You can also pass parameters `<span>{{.Snippet.Created.AddDate 0 6 0}}</span>`
+- The `html/template` package always strips out any HTML comments you include in your templates which also help avoid XSS attacks when rendering dynamic content.
+- Variable names must be prefixed by a dollar sign and can contain alphanumeric characters only. Ex: `{{$bar := len .Foo}}`
+
+
+### Template Actions
+
+| Action                                        | Description                                                                                   |
+|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `{{ define }}`                                | Defines a reusable named template. The content inside `{{ define "name" }} ... {{ end }}` can be invoked using `{{ template "name" }}`. Nested `define` calls are not allowed. |
+| `{{ template }}`                              | Executes a template defined by `{{ define "name" }}`. Can optionally pass data into the template as `dot` (e.g., `{{ template "name" .Data }}`).                           |
+| `{{ block }}`                                 | Defines a named template block, similar to `define`, but allows the content to be overridden when embedding templates. Often used in base templates to create extendable sections. |
+| `{{/* a comment */}}`                         | A comment that is ignored by the template engine. Use it to add notes or disable parts of the template without affecting the rendered output.                              |
+
+### Template Functions
+
+- For all actions below the `{{else}}` clause is optional.
+- The _empty_ values are false, 0, any nil pointer or interface value, and any array, slice, map, or string of length zero.
+- the `with` and `range` actions change the value of dot. Once you start using them, what dot represents can be different depending on where you are in the template and what you’re doing.
+- `-}}` and `{{-` trims white space. `"{{23 -}} < {{- 45}}"` becomes `"23<45"`
+
+| Function                                      | Description                                                                         |
+|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `{{ if .Foo }} C1 {{ else }} C2 {{ end }}`    | If `.Foo` is not empty then render the content C1, otherwise render the content C2. |
+|  `{{ with .Foo }} C1 {{ else }} C2 {{ end }}` | If `.Foo` is not empty, then set `dot` to the value of `.Foo` and render the content C1, otherwise render the content C2.|                  
+| `{{ range .Foo }} C1 {{ else }} C2 {{ end }}` | If the length of `.Foo` is greater than zero then loop over each element, setting dot to the value of each element and rendering the content C1. If the length of `.Foo` is zero then render the content C2. The underlying type of `.Foo` must be an `array`, `slice`, `map`, or `channel`.|                  
+| `{{ define }}`                                |                                                                            |                    
+| `{{ define }}`                                |                                                                            |                  
+
+| Action                          | Description                                                                                                                                |
+|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `{{ eq .Foo .Bar }}`            | Yields `true` if `.Foo` is equal to `.Bar`.                                                                                               |
+| `{{ ne .Foo .Bar }}`            | Yields `true` if `.Foo` is not equal to `.Bar`.                                                                                           |
+| `{{ not .Foo }}`                | Yields the boolean negation of `.Foo`.                                                                                                    |
+| `{{ or .Foo .Bar }}`            | Yields `.Foo` if `.Foo` is not empty; otherwise yields `.Bar`.                                                                             |
+| `{{ index .Foo i }}`            | Yields the value of `.Foo` at index `i`. The underlying type of `.Foo` must be a map, slice, or array, and `i` must be an integer value.   |
+| `{{ printf "%s-%s" .Foo .Bar }}`| Yields a formatted string containing the `.Foo` and `.Bar` values. Works in the same way as `fmt.Sprintf()`.                               |
+| `{{ len .Foo }}`                | Yields the length of `.Foo` as an integer.                                                                                                |
+| `{{$bar := len .Foo}}`          | Assigns the length of `.Foo` to the template variable `$bar`.                                                                             |

internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -78,17 +78,38 @@ func handleSnippetView(logger *slog.Logger, snippetService *model.SnippetService
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Write the snippet data as a plain-text HTTP response body.
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%+v", snippet)
+			files := []string{
+				"./ui/html/base.go.tmpl",
+				"./ui/html/partials/nav.go.tmpl",
+				"./ui/html/pages/view.go.tmpl",
+			}
+
+			//ts, err := template.ParseFiles(files...)
+			ts, err := parseTemplateFiles(files...)
+			if err != nil {
+				serverError(w, r, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			data := templateData{
+				Snippet: snippet,
+			}
+
+			logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("created template: %s", ts.Name()))
 
+			// Any data that you pass as the final parameter to ts.ExecuteTemplate()
+			// is represented within your HTML templates by the . character (referred to as dot).
+			// In this specific case, the underlying type of dot will be a models.Snippet struct.
+			// When the underlying type of dot is a struct, you can render (or yield) the value
+			// of any exported field in your templates by postfixing dot with the field name
+			// field, we could yield the snippet title by writing {{.Title}} in our templates.
+			err = ts.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", data)
+			if err != nil {
+				serverError(w, r, err)
+			}
 		})
 }
 
-// // snippetCreate handles display of the form used to create snippets
-// func (rs *RatchetServer) snippetCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-// 	w.Write([]byte("Create snippet form..."))
-// }
-
 func handleSnippetCreateGet() http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte("Create snippet form.."))
@@ -119,22 +140,3 @@ func handleSnippetCreatePost(logger *slog.Logger, snippetService *model.SnippetS
 			http.Redirect(w, r, fmt.Sprintf("/snippet/view/%d", id), http.StatusSeeOther)
 		})
 }
-
-// func (w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-// 	// example of a custom header. Must be done before calling WriteHeader
-// 	// or they will fail to take effect.
-// 	w.Header().Add("Server", "Dirp")
-// 	// Create some variables holding dummy data. We'll remove these later on
-// 	// during the build.
-// 	title := "O snail"
-// 	content := "O snail\nClimb Mount Fuji,\nBut slowly, slowly!\n\n– Kobayashi Issa"
-// 	expires := 7
-
-// 	id, err := rs.snippetService.Insert(title, content, expires)
-
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		rs.serverError(w, r, err)
-// 	}
-
-// 	http.Redirect(w, r, fmt.Sprintf("/snippet/view/%d", id), http.StatusSeeOther)
-// }

internal/server/templates.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"html/template"
+
+	"git.runcible.io/learning/ratchet/internal/model"
+)
+
+// Define a templateData type to act as the holding structure for
+// any dynamic data that we want to pass to our HTML templates.
+// At the moment it only contains one field, but we'll add more
+// to it as the build progresses.
+type templateData struct {
+	Snippet model.Snippet
+}
+
+// TEMPLATE FILTERS
+
+var templateFuncMap = template.FuncMap{
+	// This is a trivial example because you can simply use {{ .Content.String }} to call the sql.NullString.String() function.
+	"nullStringToStr": func(ns sql.NullString) string {
+		if ns.Valid {
+			return ns.String
+		}
+		return ""
+	},
+}
+
+// parseTemplateFiles parses the provided template files and extends the resulting
+// template with additional custom template functions (filters) defined in the
+// templateFuncMap.
+//
+// This function serves as a wrapper around template.ParseFiles, allowing the
+// inclusion of reusable template functions to enhance the template's capabilities.
+//
+// Parameters:
+// - files: A variadic list of file paths to the template files to be parsed.
+//
+// Returns:
+// - (*template.Template): The parsed template with custom functions injected.
+// - (error): An error if the template files cannot be parsed.
+func parseTemplateFiles(files ...string) (*template.Template, error) {
+	tmpl := template.New("").Funcs(templateFuncMap)
+	tmpl, err := tmpl.ParseFiles(files...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return tmpl, nil
+}

ui/html/pages/view.go.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{define "title"}}Snippet #{{.Snippet.ID}}{{end}}
+
+{{define "main"}}
+<!-- This is a comment that will be stripped out by html/template -->
+    <div class="snippet">
+        <div class="metadata">
+            <strong>{{.Snippet.Title.String }}</strong>
+            <span>#{{.Snippet.ID}}</span>
+        </div>
+        <pre><code>{{.Snippet.Content.String }}</code></pre>
+        <div class="metadata">
+          <time>Created: {{.Snippet.CreatedAt}}</time>
+          <time>Expires: {{.Snippet.ExpiresAt}}</time>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{{end}}
+